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The 4.99-mil operating levy was the district’s lowest levy request for operating dollars in over 30 years. The 2.71-mil bond will generate $18 million for Phase 1 of the district’s Master Facilities Plan.

“The district’s earned income tax proposal came up short for the 4th time. District officials will now consider next steps to communicate the need for a future levy issue of a different type. We will move forward with making the cuts already announced,” says Board President Ryan Pine.

Many voters on both sides were fired up about the levy. A poll worker told 2 NEWS that when the doors opened Tuesday morning, 30 people were waiting in line – a sight not often seen for a May special election.

Preparations for Tuesday’s special election are in the final stages. Hundreds of staffers went through their final run-throughs Monday. The board is making a final push to get people to the polls Tuesday. They're expecting turn out to be lower than usual, but that doesn't mean their preparation will change.

Officials in Miami County say they've put new policies and procedures in place to make sure every vote is counted Tuesday. This after more than 6200 votes were not initially counted in last November's general election.

In a letter sent to the district, the OFCC says funding could be reduced for the project because plans were listed for students through the sixth grade, but the OFCC says the district was telling the public the bond issue would pay for classrooms for students through fifth grade.

The meeting comes not long after community members spoke at a school board meeting about the levy, which is appearing on the May ballot next week for voters within the Bellbrook-Sugarcreek school district.